By now you probably have seen Lambda Legal’s two-minute video Sh*t Homophobic People Say, which went viral last week and has been viewed 1.2 million times and counting. (If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it now and share it with your friends and family.) As the blog Queerty put it, the video “turns the ‘Sh*it People Say’ meme on its head” by forgoing actors and staged situations in favor of real news clips.

Of course, we’re excited that more than a million people have seen our video, many of whom might not know about the work we do. But the true impact of the video lies in those clips. Read More »

Ask Lambda Legal Q: The other week, a few friends and I were at a restaurant. We attempted to get the attention of the wait staff but it soon became clear to us that we were purposefully not being served. I’ve heard that people can still be denied services at restaurants just for being gay. Does that still happen? read the answer »